Red Army snipers, Many of them women, put that rifle to good use in Second World War. One female Soviet sniper had 300 confirmed kills, including 37 German snipers! A captured German general told his Soviet captors that he was losing 10 men a day to Red Army snipers and was very impressed. He was introduced to two of the snipers who were young women. The general who was shocked said his nations propaganda had lied to them concerning Soviet females. One million Soviet women were in Red Army on the front lines as medics snipers, tankers, doctors, artillery ,scouts. All young volunteers many as young as 17.